Please excuse our absence

Scuttlebutt World Headquarters will be on holiday Dec. 22-Jan. 1 and will not be publishing during that period. We look forward to 2014, our 18th year of providing major sailing news, commentary, opinions, features and dock talk . . . with a North American focus.

Our look may have changed in 2013, but not our commitment. We seek to continue being a reliable, responsible, and credible source for sailing news. We encourage you to participate in this mission, to help the recreation we love. Keeping it positive, keeping it fun, so future generations will enjoy sailing as much as we have.

Best wishes for a Happy Christmas and windy New Year. Sail on!

Art courtesy of Circolo Nautico Porto Santa Margherita.